1# Convert all punctuation characters except '_', '*', and '.' into spaces. 2def depunctuate(s): 3 '''A docstring''' 4 """Docstring 2""" 5 d = "" 6 for ch in s: 7 if ch in 'abcde': 8 d = d + ch 9 else: 10 d = d + " " 11 return d 12